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• November 04, 2025

  Judge DQs Levi & Korsinsky Over 'False Press Releases'

  A California federal judge disqualified Levi & Korsinsky from serving as lead counsel in a proposed investor class action after finding that the firm issued press releases to attract clients with headlines stating it had filed certain suits when in fact, the firm hadn't actually filed those cases.

• November 04, 2025

  10th Circ. Revives Atty's Free Speech Retaliation Case

  A Colorado water attorney's First Amendment case against her former employer was revived by the Tenth Circuit after a three-judge panel found the attorney's comments were not made as an ordinary part of her duties.

• November 04, 2025

  2nd Circ. Revives Habeas Petition Over Counsel's Mistake

  A divided Second Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that because a convicted sex trafficker's counsel during his first criminal appeal made an admittedly "inexcusable" mistake, the convict should be granted a second chance via a habeas petition to challenge his sentence.

• November 04, 2025

  Ga. Justices Disbar Atty Over Abandonment Of Six Cases

  The Georgia Supreme Court disbarred a suspended attorney on Tuesday for accepting a total of $33,900 from six clients but failing to handle their cases, finding that the attorney also failed to respond to the disciplinary process.

• November 04, 2025

  Conn. Firm Bookkeeper Asks To Delay Embezzlement Trial

  A former law firm bookkeeper accused of embezzling $835,000 from the legal practice and from its managing partner's rental business asked a Connecticut federal judge on Monday to delay a scheduled January jury trial because of a health issue that requires surgery.

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